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On Tuesday, pharma execs said Gov. Pat McCrory's talking point at last year's CEO Forum – about North Carolina being the third tip of an innovation Triangle that includes Boston and California – is possible.

Another newsy week in Washington, D.C.: Congress still is struggling to avoid a partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, and the Supreme Court will hear a case challenging Obamacare's insurance subsidies.

These are interesting times, for sure, when Republicans are fighting on Jones Street for a bill that raises taxes on North Carolinians – and Democrats are fighting to keep the gas tax formula unchanged so taxpayers can benefit from the falling fuel prices.

Every week, Bizwomen offers some insight on the women who are likely to make headlines over the next seven days. It's a list of women we will be watching, and we think you should be watching them, too.

​Many of the top executives for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, the state's largest health insurer, saw their overall pay decrease in 2014, a year in which the insurer posted a $50 million loss.